Technological Progress in Terrestrial Television Transmitting – Efficiency and Rentability of Introducing DVB-T2 HEVC System inGermany and Croatia

Abstract

Germany and Croatia are among first European countries that have adopted the strategy of switchingfrom DVB-T h.264 system to DVB-T2 h.265 (HEVC) system of broadcasting for terrestrial television. The newerh.265 system has better performance compared to previously h.264 especially in terms of efficiency oftransmitting. On a single frequency, h.265 enables much more data flow, which means more channels and/orbetter quality of transmitting. This paper investigates the efficiency and rentability of such transition andcompares Germany as s big and Croatia as a small European country. The aim of the analysis is to show thebackground for such a technological change in these two countries and to compare it having in mind the differenceof capacities necessary for terrestrial transmission. This switch to the DVB-T2 HEVC system represents theclassical example of technological progress in practice, and is especially interesting in the period when othercountries are setting up strategies for the future of terrestrial television transmission.

Financial analysis of the broadcasting service of digital television, radio programs and data transmission in the Republic of Serbia

“…The choice of this standard is based on the following facts: DVB-T2 offers extremely good signal protection; it is less sensitive to interference compared to DVB-T; within one multiplex a much larger number of TV programs in SD and HD resolution can be broadcast compared to the DVB-T standard, which increases the digital dividend (Oria, Lopez, Doblado, Perez Calderon & Baena, 2014). "SDTV is usually transmitted in resolution 720x576, while HDTV is using 1920x1080 resolution" (Galetic, 2020).…”